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PALM! A AI ENT. HOUSE OF LOit DC, Fut. 8. Lord LiIFFORD having taken his net on the Woolsack As Seaker, the names of the Peers were callcd over, in order to h a by ballot the rotation of the attendance for hearing A.p. p 0015.041 the motion of the }ark of SitarTssnuni, the Peers who had been exeu.sed last Session on ac count of age, were ag.iin molted in this. Several Noble Lords were also excueed on other grolinde. A person from the office of the Secretary of State for Ire presented various papers, pursuant to Act of Patna. nient. A person from the Treasury presented accounts and other papers relating to the Levant Company. A person from the office of the Deputy Clerk 9f the Crown for Ireland presented the return to the writ for the election of ft representative Peer for Ireland, in the room of the late . Earl of Donoughniore, in whose stead Lord Farnham has been chosen. PETIT lONS. Lord CURZON presented a petition from the inhabitants of IVitham, in Essex, praying for the abolition of slavery. Earl s er;N CE R. presented a petition to the same effect from Portsmouth. The Earl of SII FTE'SBURY presented a petition froM the retail dealers of Macclesfield against the importation of foreign TREATIES. The Earl of LIVERPOOL laid on the table by command of his Majesty, copies of t he commercial treaties lately con cluded with Colombia and other Powers. OF VICE •OF CLERK. ASSISTANT. Lord (11 F FOtt D read a letter from Mr. Cowper, stating that from infirmity he was unable to attend to discharge the du ties of his office, and begging that their Lordships would be pleased tit accept his resignation. lle further begged leave to lay before the House the deep sense of the gratitude lie felt for the attention they had paid to him during the one and fbrty years in which he had been their servant. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, was sure there could be but one opinion in the House as to what ought to be done on hearing the letter which had just been rend. Ile was sure their Lord. ships would willingly take the earliest opportunity to record the sense they entertained of Mr. Cowper's services. ile therefore gave notice that to.morroa lie would bring for. ward a motion for approving of Mr. Cowper's conduct, and for addressing his Majesty to bestow a reward on that gentle. man's services. • TI E STANK CII A UTE .--551 ALL Nuns. The SW of LIVERPOOI. moved for certain papers on the subject of the correspondence between the Directors of, the Bank of England and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. "the Marquis of LANsDOWN thought that many other papers, beside% those to which the Noble Earl had alluded, were necessary, in order to throw new light on the measure that ought to be take!) to meet the evils which had been expe rienced. A notice of a motion for papers relative to the cur rency of' Ireland stood for Thursday next; and he would, with the leave of the liouse, on that same day, move for such in. formation as appeared to him to be memoir) , on the subject of the circulation of Bank notes in this country. Ha certainly did not mean this motion in hostility to the measures which the Noble Earl opposite was about to bring forward, and was only induced to make it, in consequence of his opinion of the neces sity of obtaining all possible information before the measure should be discussed. He moved that their Lordships be sum. moped for Thursdey next, which was ordered. The Bad of LIVERPOOL apprehended that the motion alluded to was meant to be of a very extensive nature, and therefore hoped that the Noble DI tirquis would take an oppor tunity to give hint some information of the particulars, in order that it might be ascertained how far it was .practicel to obtain the papers. For his own part, he wits moat desirous that all possible infOrmation should be afforded on the subject. It was under consideration, whether all parts of the measure of which he had given notice on Thursday last should proceed together in another place, or whether one of the Bills should net originate in their Lordships' House. Ile would pm. tiably be enabled to-morrow to give n notice on this huh ject. The Bid' that he might have to introduce, would be a e short on and ,theit Lords tips would have full time for its consideration. The Earl of' LAUDERDALE was of opinion that when the Bill to which the :Wile Earl alluded should be brought forward, it would be proper for him to give the !louse some in formation of the nature of threavitole of the measures intended to 'be brought fnrwurd. Their lAndehips ought not only to • know the nature and tendency of' the Bill which might origi nate with theill, but ought also to have x Old explanation of that under coosideration in the other House. Tide inflame don wits indhipmisable, becamee• the measures might appear in a very different light according as they were considered together or separately. The Earl of LIVERPOOL perfectly agreed with the Noble •Lord who had just spoken, and should have no objection, when the bill of which he had given notice inighthe bef ore the Douse or state the nature of the whole of the measures which were in contemplation. He must, however, observe, that there was tsa danger of any difficulty of the kind which the Noble Earl had suggested, arising in this came. It certainly was true, that two measures might be good together, and yet very had separately; hat he was ready to contend that the measures mmsestion were good either eeparately or together. Nevertheles, he could have no objection to give, on the second reading of the bill, every information which their Lordship. could desi r e. The Earl of LAUDERDALE thought the information promise&by the Noble Lord indispensable, for their Lordships .might,Very well approve of a measure taken in connexion with another, and disapprove of it if it were to by considered sepa rately. • The Earl of CARNA RYON took that opportunity , of stating that he wished to obtnin, as far es could be, an accurate account of the Bank of England notes Which had been in 'circulatiox at dinitent periods clown to the preient time, and beginning with the year 1790. Ile was also desirous of ob taining an account of the number and amount of each kind of notes issued by private bankers during the same time.— • The reason he went so far back was, that this extent of {dor. madou appeared to him necessary for the due consideration of the subject of which the Noble Isarl had given notice. ,'The withdrawing of the 11. and '2l. notes from circulation would be a measure of immense importance as these notes formed the medium by which the whole agriculteral business of the country was carried on. Their Lordships, he,c.onceived would nod it necessary, in considering this subject to go back as far as possible, and to look. at. what had been the state of things on former occasions of difficulty and distress, and to ascertain how far the protein embarrassments arose from speculation or avertraditig. He therefore thought it necessary, in Arcking information, to go back at least to a period anterior to the year 179'2, and he thought It right'now to apprise the Nubile Earl of his intention. While he was up he ebould put one question to the Noble Earl. lie wished to know Whether It was his in. tendon to appoint a select Committee to inquire into the dim tress of the country, and the state of the circulating it had been his purpose, in case the Noble Earl did not move for a Committee, to submit a proposition to that effect to their Lordships ; but us die Noble Earl had given notice of a bill, he should wait to hear what might pass on the introduction of that measure, before he proceeded farther. The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no intention of Moving for any Committee of the kind referred to by the Noble Earl. Lie begged to remind the Noble Earl before he made the motion of•which he bad given tunice that he would obtain the infor mation he wunted with muc h less inconvenience than by the course he hail suggested, it' he would take the trouble of re ferring to the reports made to the [louse in the year 1797, and dust which wee preseuted by the last Committee in the year 11119. Ile was desirous that the most ample information should be afforded ; but for the reason be had stated, be would recent mend it to the Noble bard to build his motion:At papers which were already before the House. The Earl of HA ItRO IV BY concurred in recommending tote course suggested by his Noble Friend. The Noble Earl would find that the House was already in possession of much of the • infiirmation he wanted, anti that it would only be necessary for him to continue the series of accounts down to the present time. ' This would save the trouble of drawing up all the accounts over again, and there would he no occasion to call Mr fresh re. term, unless there appeared to be some very strong reason for so itoing. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that a great variety of returns relative to !tank notes had been at different times made to the Muse ; some were for weeks, others tin months, guars rers, and years. He had no doubt that his Noble Friend would find the information he wanted, down to the period. w hi c h had been mentioned, in detached accounts in the Par liament office. lie had risen to submit a motion to which he sup r ed there would bo l a tion course. It was for a ange n acc with oft he market pr ice of ga u nthe of exchith amburgh, P a ris, and Lisbon , during t he y ears 1094 and 10'211. The Earl of LIVERPOOL suggested that the years 1021 art! 1023 should be included. The Earl of LA UDERDA I,k, had no objection to go buck as far as the Noble Earl wished. Lord EI,LENBORt)UtIII was anxious to have all the in formation which could possibly be obtained by separate mo tions before the discussion of the general measure should be entered lawn. From what had been stated, it appeared that sonic of the information expected would not be procured till after the firm discusaion. He, however, did nut wish to he called upon to give an opinion until he had an op p ortunity of 47, wintering the whole q uestion relative to the circ scion. The Marquis of LANSDOW N repeated his opinion, that before any one measure was gone into by the House, the whole of what was intended to be dons should be brought under their Lo Th rdshipe consideration. e Earl of lel VER POOL had no difficulty in saying that he should be ready to agree to any arrangement which might assist the discussion, and afford the opportunity for the fullest consideration. With regard to the amount of Bank issues some inftwmation aught be obtained by Returns from the Stamp-office. The Earl of LAUDERDALE was glad that information could be obtained from the Stamp.office. However, for his part, as he was informed, the Bank had no reason to be asham ed of its transactions in the late occurrences. IVere •he a Bank Director, he should therefore loose no time in advising his colleagues to give every infontiation which might be required. rrhe motion of Lord LAUDERDALE, altered according to the suggestion of Lord Lvizarout., was then put and carried. After a few words Interchanged beteween Lords LIYERPOOL and LAuDEDALE, on the order of hearing appeals which might be brought in the mum of the present Session, the House adjoured. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At four o'clock the SPICAKER took the Chair. Copies of the Correspondence between the Bank and the Chancellor of the Exchequer were laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Copies of a Treaty between This Country' and the Republic of Colombia ; a Convention with the Free Hanseatic Towns of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg!) j and also is Tre.ity with the Most Christian King, were likewise laid upon the table. . SLAVERY IN TIIE WEST INDIES. Sir C. COLE resented a petition from Swansea, praying for the abolition of Slavery in the Colonies; and also for an alteration in the Duties upon East and West lotlia Sugar. Lord NU ENT presented a petition from Buckingham, praying for the abolition of slavery. Alr. - lIITTLETON presented a petition from West Brom wich, in Staffordshire, praying for the improvement of the con dition of the Negroes in the West Indies, and stating that the petitioners had no doubt that the cou ntry` would consent to be taxed, cheerfully, to make up any lost accruing to the bleat Indies. Mr. DEVENPORT presented two petitions from the Mas ter Silk-weavers, journeymen, and other persona connected in the silk trade at Macclesfield; praying that the House would take their distress into consideration, and repeal the Act of last Session, by which that distress was occasioned. The Hon. Member said that he could state, of his own knowledge, the distress to be of the most afflicting description ; and reminded the House that he had prophesied In the year 11124, that if over an Act like that now coming into operation passed, the effect would be to stop the looms of England, and to set those of France to work. Mr. EGERTON presented a petition from the tradesmen of the town of Macclesfield, declaring that the distress aris ing out of the new law was entirely ruining them, as well as the weavers. Sir THOM AS !JET!! BRIDGE presaged . & petition from 1,800 silk-weavers in the neighbourhood ofTaunton,in Sonny ietshire, complaining of their distress, v.nd praying that the new laws might he repealed. Mr. DICKINSON supported the petition, and said that it was under the protectitig system that all our commerce had risen to what it was. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. MA BEMS gave notice, that on Tuesday, the 7th of March, he would move for the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes. For any objection that might be urged on account of the pre sent distress, he believed that in a very few months that dis tress would have disappeared, and, at all events, while two such bubles as the Sinking Fund and the Dead Weight were permitted to remain upon the books of the country, he would not be prevailed upon to abandon his motion. He also desired to move (the Honourable Member continued) for an account of Exchequer Bills—a kind of security, the over-issue of which, he believed, had produced great mischief to the coun try. If gold was to ho substituted for the small notes now in circulation, that measure must and would compel the Dank to bring part of their dead weight of inmoo,oool. with which they ought never to have meddled, into the market ; and if, joined to that _proceeding, the present issue of Exchequer Dille was suffered to continue, nothing , but fresh pressure and difficulty wus to be expected. The lion. Gentleman concluded by moving for an account of Exchequer Bills. .JURY LAW. Mr. PEEL gave notice, that on Tuesday, the I Hit of Fe. bruary, he would move for leave to bring In 11,11111 to regulate the empanelling of juries. • CORN LAWS. Mr. W. WHITMORE gave notice, thaton , Tuesday, the 28th of February, he would bring on his motion on the subject of the Corn Laws. CONSOLIDATION, OF STATITIT.S.: Mr. PBEI. gave notice, that on the 17th of March, he would also move for leave to bring ht a Bill consolidating the whole of the law relative to larceny ; and, indeed, consolidating the statutes generally relative to the crime of theft. PRIVATE Lord A. HA mrt,ffiri I)eigietliottsir the lion. Member for Statlimishire (Mr. Littleton) whether he intended, at an early day, to bring on his motion relative to Private Bills. Mr. Lirr ',ETON said that two Hon. Members, who had taken considerable interest in the question were not yet in town. THE REVENUE. Mr. HUM E begged to withdraw his motion, of Friday evening, for an account of the revenue received within a given number of years ; and to call for accounts taking in the period of the hot ten years. DUTY ON. FIRE INSURANCE. Mr. LINDSAY presented two petitions from several once comyanitts i , praying for a< reduction of the duty on Incur. ance against fire. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON moved (as was understood, for Accounts relative to the tonnage of the port of Loudon. BREAM OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. ROliswrsoN rose to complain of a misrepresentation of hist sentiments delivered in that House by a public newspa per; anti of a misrepresentation which lie could show the House by evidence must have been wilful. The SPEAKER wished to know whether the Hon. Mem . bar meant to conclude with a motion ; and whether with the regUlar motion under such circumstances, that the party of fending should be called to the bar. Mr. ROIIERTSON said he did riot mean to go that length ; but he was anxious to set himself right with the House, lie wished to show the situation in which the paper which he held in his hand placed him. The SPEAKER said, that he had asked the question be cause the Hon. Member had set out by stating that he should show the House not only that he had been Misrepretented, but wilfully misrepresented. Now, Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible that the lion. Member could offer any explanation to the House without ending by that particular motion which was designed to vindicate its privileges. Mr. ROBERTSON expressed himself unwilling to take that course, but still wished to set himself right. It was not that his sentiments had been misreported ; he would stand upon them, as they were mated, or fall ; but the comment upon them in another part of the paper was unjustifiable: and, from what had before happened in the same paper, he believed that com ment was wilfully unfair. Mr. HUME rose to order, and objected to the Honourable Member's replying in that louse to the comments of any news paper. if he was misrepresented es to the statement , he had made, the offendet,mtgbt be te — the ber; but, for no. tieing any comments or attacks, Wile (Mr.. Mime) could be induced to do ao, there world not be it day in the week in which he should not be compelled to trouble the House.— : laughter,)---For his part he liked to see ( m l e it e a . e r l el a d n n t l a r a e *l o " would' be sorry to take a step towards shackling comment anywhere:—(liar, !mar!) notwithstanding this, he was desirous sir. 1t 2 as regarded his views isiekt:laSislN;tiali4thett?tp,ecially on what bed fallen froin t te Chanceller of the Exchequer. 'rite CILANueI,I;IM, of the EXWIEQUER said, that he should be glad to have any error, set right ; but the Honourable Member wax not 'eking exactly the regular course. ItOIiERTSON then eattl, that he would call the editor of the paper to the bar. He had hew] groasly misrepresented; and the effect of the .comment was this:--Ile was charged to have (=tended, fi rst, that the country would be ruined by her "Port% and afterwards, on the 'amatory, that she would be ruined by her imports., ~ N ow this ittetement was wholly un roweled. Ile had not centradicted himself !natty such manner, but heti contended that the country would be ruined by her , WO , of imports ; and be had reason to believe, from what had ftlmeriraPPeered in the saute paper, thut the mbtrepresention was wilful : he would show the ilotise that it WWI 11 °. r The SPEAKER was 1 6' 117 to i nterru pt the Hon. Gentle ' man, but the woof which he was truing t o offer to the House • would not, in the present stage of the proceedings, be neces • ShrY• The complaint, that an individual had commented and misrepresented, was sufficient, and indeed all that was regu larly admissible in the first instance. 'When the offender was I at the ear of the House, it would then he the time for the : Honourable Member to dhow any previous error, supporting the charge of wilful misrepresentation, in aggravation of the punishment to be inflicted for the, original breach of privilege. Mr. ROBERTSON then withdrew' his motion. KING'S SPEECH. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the consideration of the King's Speech. That part of the King's Speech being read by the SPRAKEU, stating that he bad ordered the Estimates of the year to be laid before them, and requesting the Connuons would grant him a Supply, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that a Supply should be granted to his Majesty pursuant to his" gracious Speech, which was agreed to; and he then moved the House should to.morrow resolve itself into a Committee of Supply to consider of a Supply. Lord A.' lIAM ILTON begged to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite if it was his intention, as respected the one pound Bank-notes, that the regulation alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman as applicable to these notes in England,should apply to Scotland, .so to put the currency of that country as nearly as possible - on a . footing with that of Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obierved that the regulation had' been 'intended only to reach' the evil of an increased circulation in this country. What the Noble Lord had observed was correct as respected Scotland. The smaller notes had never been prohibited. A difference had , thence arisen certainly in the circulation front this circumstance. However as he had fixed so very early a day, Friday next, for bringing this subject in detail before the } louse, he should now excuse himself to the Noble Lord front entering into any further explanation until Friday, when he should endeavour to give the Noble Lord and the House the fullest information in his power on this very important subject. A new Writ was ordered fora Knight of the Shire to serve for the County of Northumberland, in the room of Charlet. John Brandling Esq., deceased': INDI AN HALF citsTE JURORS. Mr. HUME begged to ask the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Controul if it were intended by Government to bring In any . Bill to authorize the Half-caste or Anglo.lndians to sit on Juries in Trials in our Indian territories. Mr. C. W YNN replied that such a measure was at present contemplated by Government. • PUBLIC REVENUE AND DEBT. Mr. HERRUCS presented an Account of the Revenue and Debt r—also an:Account of the value of Country Bank notes, in circulation front the sth of January 1025 to the sth of January 1826, distinguishing the several quarters of the year. An Ac. count of the General Expenditure or the last year. An .Ac. count of the Balance of Money in the Exchequer.—They were aid on the table and the House adjourned to to-morrow. STATE PAPERS., TREATY OF CO3IMERCE AND NAVIGATION WITH FRANCE. CONVENTION OF COMMERCE BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AXIS TILL MOST CHRISTIAN KING, TOGETHER WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ARTICLES THEREUNTO ANNEXED, 111bNED AT LONDON, JANUARY 26, 11128. In the Name of the Mort Mk Trinity. hlajesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and his Majesty the King of France and Navarre, on the other part, being equally ani mated by the desire of facilitating the commercial intercourse between their respective subjects; and being persuaded that nothing can more contribute to the fulfilment of their mutual wishes In this respect, than to simplify and equalize the regu lations which are now in force relative to the navigation of both Kingdoms, by the reciprocal abrogation of all discrimi nating duties levied upon the Vessels, of either of the two Nations in the Ports of the other, whether under the heads of duties of tonnage, harbour, light-house, pilotage, and others of the same description, or in the shape of increased duties upon goods on account of their, being imported or exported in other than national Vessels ;—have named as their Pleni potentiaries to conclude a Convention for this purpose, that is to say : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right lion. George Canning, a Mem. her of his said Majesty's Most lion,. Privy. Council, a Member 'of Parliament, and hie said Majesty's Principal Secretary , of State for Foreigli Affairs • and the Right Hon. NVin. Huskis. son, a Member of his sa id Majesty's Alma Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, President of the Commit tee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Planta tions, anti Treasurer of his said Majesty's Navy : And his Majesty the King of France and Navarre, the Prince Jules, Count de Polignac, a Peer of France, Marechal. do-Camp of his Most Christian-Majesty's Forces A Knight of the Royal and Military Order of fit . Louis. Officer of the Royal Order of Legion of honour, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice of Sardinia, Aide-e -Vamp of his Most Chris tian Majesty, and his Ambassador tie the Court of his Briton nit: Majesty : Who; otter having communicated to each other their re spective Full Powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon an d concluded the following Articles : ARTICLE I.—From and after the 11th of April of the pre sent year, French vessels coming from or departing for the Ports of France, or, if in ballast, coming from, or departing for any place, shall not be subject, in the Ports of the United King dom, either on entering into, or departing from the same, to any higher duties of tonnage, harbour, light-house, pilotage, quarantine, or other similar or corresponding duties' of what ever nature or under whatever denomination, than those to which British vessels, in respect of the same voyages, are or may be subject, on entering into or departing front such Ports; and, reciprocally, front and after the mune period, British vessels coming from or departing for the Ports of the United King. doin, or, if in halbuit, coming from or departing for any piece, shall not be subject, in the Ports of France, either on entering I into, or departing limn the same, to any higher duties of ton nage, harbour, llgitt-hawse, pilotage, quarantine, or other simi lar or corresponding duties, of whatever nature, or under what ever denomination, than those to which French vessels, in re spect of the lime images, are or may be subject, on entering into or departing front such forts; whether such duties are col lected seperately, or are consolidated in one and the same duty ; his Most Christian Majesty . reserving to himself to regulate the amount of such duty or duties in France, according to the rate of which they are or may he established in the United King dom ; at the same time, with the view of diminishing the bur thens imposed upon the navigation of the two countries, His Most Christian Majesty will always be disposed to reduce the amount of the said burthens in France, in proportion to any production whichmay hereafter be made of thoae now levied i n the Porn; of the United Kingdom. ARTICLE IL—Goods, _wares, and merchandise, which can or may be legally imported into the Ports of the United King. dom from the porta of France, if so imported in French ves sels, shall be subject to no higher duties than if imported in British vessels, and, reciprocally, goods, wares, and tiler chantlize, which can or may be legally impnrted into the ports of France, front the ports of the United Kint,niont, if so im ported in British vessels, shall be subject to no higher duties than if imported in French vessels. The produce of Asia, Africa, and America, not being allowed to be imported from the said countries, nor from any other, in French vessels, nor front France in French, Bridsh, or any other vessels, into the Most of die United Kingdom , for home consumptiorna,nhy other utonly or warehousing and re-exportation. Ills ost Christian Ma jesty reserves to iiiintillf to direct that, in like manner, the pro duce of Asia, Africa, and America , sh all not be imported trout' the said countries, nor from any , other, in British vessels, nor from the United Kingdom in British, French, or vessels, into the ports or France, for the consumption of that kingdom, but only for warehousing and re-exportation. With regard to the productions of the countries of Europe, it is understood between the High Contracting Parties, thatsuch productions shall not be imported in British ships, into France, for the consumption of that kingdom , unless such ships shag have been laden therewith in some port of the United King. dont ; and that his Britannic Majesty may adopt, if he shall think tit, corresponding restrictive measure, With regard to the productions of the countries of Europe, imported into the ports of the Unite.l Kingdom in French vessels: the High Con treeting Parties 'reserving, however, to themselves the power of making, by mutual consent, .such relaxations in the strict executiou of the present article, as they. may think useful to the respective interests of the two countries, upon the principle of mutual concessions, affording each to the other reciprocal or equivalent advantages. ARTICLE. lII.—All goods, wares, and merchandize, which can or may be legally exported from the ports of either of the two countries, abaft, on their export, pay the :tame duties of exportation, whether the exportation of such goods, wares, and m wa e r r e c s ha it n n :is n e le , r l c ie ha rn n a d t i l s e e in British or in French vessels, pr ov id e d the said vessels proceed, r espectively, direct front the ports of the one country to those of the other. And all the said goods, so exported in British or French vessels; tiu other llbereciprocally entitled to the saute bounties, drawbacks, and allowances of the seme nature, which are granted by the regulations of each country respectively. ARTICLE is mutually agreed between the ni g h le tli t os wo e h c t o i ti p: g tw A ec i n u t . l i te c i i r a, t : m v i . countries, the vessels of any third. power shall subject hi C t anrtit )eetosidtlerwianpoc htttioircl t) Parties, that eialnfat favour r o c u o r o o r t s . Intercourse in no case, obtaiize fi t:a h v i o n u g r . a b b o l a e ts co o n f d e it i i t o h n e e r t o l f ta ti n , g n a d ti k o ' n ren b c: vessels. h f n yo t ardyou nn the si ci e r o c c reo port t t r y ot t( s .l t u r t e thi s ee s so, o t jo t: efwrae c ou ntry, weather c t or shalls p e t e i ( k )n snhoetl what soever ber ; provided the said boats, when so driven in by stress of weather, shall not discharge or receive on board any cargo, or portion of cargo, in the ports, or on the parts of the coast where ' they shall have sought shelter. Au rrct.a Vl.—lt is agreed that the provisions of the pre sent Convention between the High Contracting Parties *halite reciprocally extended, and in force, in all the possessions, sub ject to their respective dominion in Europe. ARTICLE Vii.—The present 'Convention shall he in force for the term of ten years, from the sth of April of the present year ; and further, until the end of 12 months after,either of she High Contracting Parties shall have given noti ce to the other of its intention to 'terminate its operation ; each of the Hii Contracting Parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the end of . the said term of ten years ; and it is agreed between them, that, at the end of the 12 months' extension agreed to on both sides, this Convention, and all the stipulations thereof, shall altogether cease and de termine. - A al. ictr VIII.—The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London, within the space of one mouth, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the respective Prenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at London, the twenty-sixth day . of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. L S. GEORGE CANNING. WILLIAM HUSKISSON. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. ARTICLE 1.--,From and after the first of October of the pre sent year, French vessels shall be allowed to sail from any port Whatever of the countries under the dominion of his Most Christian Majesty, to all the Colonies or the United Kingdom, (except those possessed byq, the ,East India Company) and to import into the said Colonies all kinds of merchandize (being productions the 'growth or manufacture of France, or of any country under the dominion of France), with the exception of such as are prohibited to be imported into the said Colonies, or are permitted to be imported only from countries under the British dominion ; and the said French vessels, as well as the merchandise imported in the same, shall not be subject, in the 6olonies of the United Kingdom, to other or higher duties than those to which British vessels may he subject, on importing . the same merchandize from any foreign country, or which are un posed upon the merchandize itself. The same facilities shall be granted, reciprocally, in the Colonies of France, with regard to the importation, in British vessels, of all kinds of merchandise (being productions the growth and manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any country under the British dominion), with the exception of such as are prohibited to be imported into the said Colonies, or are permitted to be imported only from countries under the do minion of France. And whereas all goods, the produce of any Foreign country, may now be imported into the Colonies of the United Kinstiom, in the ships of that country, with the exception of a limited list of specified articles, which can only be imported into the said Colonies in British ships, his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom reserves to himself the power of adding to the said list of excepted articles any other, the pro. duce of the French dominions, the addition whereof may ap. pear to his Majesty to be necessary for placing the commerce and navigation to be permitted to the subjects of each of the high Contracting Parties with the Colonies of the other, upon A footing of high reciprocity. ARTICLE ll.—From and after the same period, French ves sels shall be allowed to export, from all the Colonies of the United Kingdom (except those possessed by the East India Company), all kinds of merchandise, which are not prohibited to be exported from such Colonies in vessels other than those of ' Great Britain ; and the said vessels, as well as the merchan dise exported in the same, shall not be subject to other or higher duties than those to which British vessels may . be sub. ject on exporting the Said merchandise, or which are imposed upon the merchandise itself; and they shall be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and other allowances of the same nature, to which British vessels would be entitled on such ex portation. The same facilities and privileges shall be granted, recipro cally, in all the Colonies of France, for the exportation, in t British vessels, of all kinds of merchandize, which are not pro. . hibited to be exported from such Colonies in vessels other than those of France. These two additional Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the Conven tion signed this day. They shall be retitled, and the ratifica tions shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries havesigned the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at London, the twenty-sixth day of Ji,nuary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. (L. S.) • GEORGE CANNING, (li. S.) W ILLIAM II USKISSON. (L. S.) Le Prince de POLIONACL GREAT -BRITAIN and the STATE of COLOMBIA. This Treaty of amity, Commerce, and Navigation (signed April 10, 1020, was published incur Paper of June 30. GREAT BRITAIN and thi HANSEATIC, REPUBLICS. This Convention of Commerce (signed Sept. 29,1825), was published in our Paper of December 23. THEATRICAL MANAGERS. BY 1 4 0 RD BYRON. When I belonged to the Drury-lane Committee, and was one of the Stage Committee of Management, the num. ber of plays upon the shelves was about five hundred. Con ceiving that amongst these there must be tome of merit, in per son and by proxy, I caused an investigation. Ido not think that of those which I saw, there was one which could he con scientiously tolerated. There never were such things as most of them. 3laturin was very kindly recommended to me by Walter Scott; to whom I had recourse, firstly, in the hope that he would do something for us himself, and; secondly, in my despair, that he would point out -to us any yo u n g o r old writer of promise. Muturin sent his Beriram„ and a letter without his address; so that at first 1 could give him no answer. When I at last hit upon his residence I sent him a favourable answer, and something more substantial. His play succeeded, but I was at that time absent from England. I tried Coleridge, too, but he had nothingy, feasible in hand at the time. Mr. Sotheby oblingingly offered all his tragedies; and I pledged my self, and, notwithstanding many squabbles with my commit teed brethren, did get /ran accepted, reach, and the parts distri huted. But low ! in the very heart of the matter, upon seine ' tepidness on the part of Kean, or warmth on the part of the author, Sotheby withdrew his play. Sir J. B. Burgess did also present four tragedies and a farce, and I handed . them I to the Or e en.room and Stage Committee; Inn they would not do. Then the scenes I had to go through ! The authors and the authoresses—the milliners and the wild Irishmen— the people from Brighton, from Blackwell, p fromc l kwa u ll n , dee_ , w C h l o iat ea ha rn m e , from Cheltenham, from Dublin, from in upon me!—to all whom it was proper to give a civil answer, and a hearing, and a retuling. Mrs. Glover's father, an Irish dsneing-master, of sixty years, called upon me to request to play " Archer," dressed in silk stockings on a frosty morning, to show his legs (which were certainly good and Irish for Ida age; and hail been still better). Miss Emma Somebody, with a play entitled the Bandit of Bohemia, or some such title or production; Mr. O'Higgins—then resident at Richmond—with an Irish tragedy, in which the Protagonic was chained by the leg to a pillar during the chief part of the performance. lie was a wild man, of savage appearance, and the difficulty of not laughing at him was only to be got over by reflecting on the probable consequences of such a cachinnation. As I ant really a civil and polite person, and do hate giving pain when it can be avoided, I sent them up ,to Douglas Kinnaird, who is a man of business, and suffi ciently ready with a negative, and left them to settle with him ; and as at the beginning of next year I went abroad, I have since been little aware of the progress of the theatre. Players are said to be an impracticable people. They are so; but I managed to steer clear of any disputes with them, and ex cepting one debate with the elder Byrne about Miss Smith's pas de=-something (I forget the technicals), I do not remem ber any litigation of my own. I used to protect Slim Smith because she wall like Lady Jane Hurley in the face ; and like nesses go a great way with she indeed. In general I left such things to my more bustling colleagues, who used to re. prove me seriously for not being able to take such things in hand, without buttoning with the histrionians, and throwing things into confusion, by treating light matters with levity, Then the Committee—then the Sub-Committee—we were but few, and never agreed. There was Peter Moore, who contr a _ dieted Kinnaird ; and Kinnaird, who contradicted every body. There were two managers, Rae and Dibdin, and our secretary, Ward—and yet we were all very zealous, and inearnestt i o do s good, and so forth. Hobliouse fa co rn u ill me le g d ile u n s c w e. ith prologues to our revived old English plays, but was not pleased witi us for complimenting him as the " Upton" of our t h eatre ( M r. Upton or was, the poet who writes the songs for Astley's),. and almost gave up prologuizing in By ad vices from Bombay of the ltitlr of Sept.; the Simpson, the Gloriosa the Bombay Castle, and Caledonia, had been taken up for an expediti on to C utc h , at 45 rupees per ton a month. The Simpson Wll3 expected to return to Bombay the end of October, and load for London. The Calcutta was to sail from Bombay for Liverpool the 1d of October. W EST INDIA.- DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the Wee l ending Saturday, the 4 ch of February. 826. LrLA. Home Con sumption Stock on Hand. 2,402 233 80 30,140 2,166 607 1,929 6,029 11,669 1,029 18,030 989 197 932 13,20 1,266 79,138 1,44 G 4,100 7 Articles. 1 111 ids West India {Trs BLs Sugas Brazil . Chests Havanah Boxes East India &) Mauritius j l' a g B Casks IPns lids j Pns Ilids j Pns 1 Hds Casks f Pipes 1 Hds ITrs Ills Bags j Casks 1 Bags 1 Casks Bags ( Casks 1 Bags f Casks 1 Bags 1 Bales 1 Bags Gourd: I Casks 1 Boxes f Boxes - 1 Jars {_ , Casks , Bdls Bags Casks Casks j 1 Bags J Bags 1 Serons No. .f Casks 1 Boxes Tons Na. No. Seron, J Casks 'Bags Bales Galls Casks Casks Molaseee - Rum Brandy IloHands Arrack - Wine - Coffee° Cocoa Pimento Gingei Peppet Cotton Aloea Arrow Root - Balsam - - Bark - . Cassia Fistula - Cloves s . Cochineal - - Elephants' Teeth Gum - - Hemp - - Hides - - Horns - Indigo . • jpecacuanha • Jalap - - Whale - Oil Castor . Coco Nut Palm - Pearl Shall - Pine Apple . Rice and Paddy Sago - Sarsaparilla - Tallow . . Tortoise Shell - Turtle . . Tapioca . Casks Casks Benms Casks I Casks 1 Bags Boxes - Bales Casks f Casks 1, Boxes Casks Casks WOOD. Pieces j 1 3.1 s k g s g s s p II I d k ► s African Timber { i p i a s es Santa Maria Logs Pieces Ebony_ . •Tons. big. Vass - Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tons Fustic - Tons Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Wood Tons Bar Wood r Tons Pieces Brazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces bancewood Spars No. Stares . - No. Mahogany Cedar - E X pOr t a - ;ion. 280 L,00.1 3,273 766 4,830 .20 451 L 9,1641 886 460 8118 d-1 ~~~ • British Plantation Coffee East India Coffee St. romingo, Brazil, and Ira. ilvannall Coffee - 7 55 1 4,00 3,056 098 30 34 413 10,46 3 11 17 111 41U h,77 6 14,3 49 5' ,62.5 3,701 069 211 13 511 23 ,111116 1,73 .2 1 9:19} 1041 4 7, 01° 6,3 31 ; 12, 113 j 931 7.asks 12,409 [larrels 14 2 [lags 2, 14 9, [lags tliA ' :',asks 034 Barrels 4 03 Raga 76,3 18 THE SILK TRADE. We understand that a petittos from the. Pi k ' weavers in this town, for the c o n tin ua ti on of the prohibi•—n or to foreign manufaCtured silk, will in a few days be prese nted t he House of Commons, by our worthy and excellent B. sentative, Mr. 3lonck. Our readers are aware that in July ilk' t it's proposed to admit the importation of foreign-Wrcug h at a protecting duty of 30 per cent. This was port °f the rangement in the Sessions of 1824, when the duty 011 ,::4 0 1 1- was repealed, and the measure was supported by bets for title borough, because, in common with a large Insior.o itl in both Houses of Parliament, they considered it as the begiOr& i fy both to. of a new system of free trade, that would of course Ir ate abolish those odious restrictions and nionopolies Whieu„ the bane of commerce in every quarter of the fri:L. t i When the .Chancellor of the Exchequer brought °I- Ls this measure, he expressly told the House of Comm 0 4 • that the repeal of the duty on silk, and the destructio of the monopoly system were to go hand in b ana l ' His declaration was gladly received by every enlig Statesman, and the public at large, and they indulged in.,d le , 0 e most pleasing anticipations from these symptpms of %a and liberal policy. But, unfortunately, their hopes have '— • been realized : partial measures have been adopted • ran , h . riment has been tried in the silk-trade ; it has ; and poor weavers, we fear, are likely to become its victims . , o fact they are now in a state of the greatest distress : in metropolis there are 20,000 out of-employment, and in u' t 0 O town, SO, in one parish alone, were last week corn lea apply for parochial relief. Nothing else could have been ex , pected from the inconsistency and absurdity of allo win g; free trade in any article, whilst that which regulates the P of labour is fettered. To occupy the time of our readers vi ol remarks on this inconsistent of continuing the prohibition. oft the importation of corn anti removing it from overt' ow; article, would be useless. A free trade In corn should h a ve been the first step towards a free trade in the different braneu; of manufacture and commerce : at least, a revision of th e tor" of laws should have taken • place at Cale same time with ths,g,f„ other commercial prohibitions. It ia said the heavy taxfpf; of this country requires that the British farmer should ; i c e adequately protected and most sorry should we be! n to to any measures adoed' which would be essentially inJurtok, 0 the agricultural interests; and we firmly believe, that f i f r o, speedy abolition of the assessed tasted—a reduction to i t' re , chial rates-...an alteration in the tithe system--by doled t he from and retrenchment in every deparnient of the latate; t importation of foreign corn and flour may be allOweu bye much lower rate of duty than it is at present subject to. great advantage possessed by the foreign silk-weaver,4o6l, cheapness of food ; and either our corn laws must be re') , tied, or those measures respecting the silk-trade abandoned, V i c o f in 1824, Ministers affirmed to be essential to the prosPe' the country.--(Reading 2ltercury.) We are assured on good authority, that t ne .,;; l 4 port of ex t ens i ve f org eries having been cottimlifor, on the Bank is without foundation. Som e geries, qu it e unimportant, of letters of a d ro" ei , tration, have occurred, and are noW un der i h ri gil tigation, from which the rumour has row originated.